Album review: GosT – Prophecy

Over the last decade, producer and multi-instrumentalist James Lollar has carved out his own niche as GosT, imbuing synthwave with the morbid imagery and grim attitude of metal at its cultest. The world his music inhabits is nocturnal and sinister, bathed in crimson neon; while its electronic beats might point a bony finger in the direction of the dancefloor, the environment it portrays is more ritual than rave. New album Prophecy continues in this established trajectory, with Satanic soundbites and Biblical artwork conjuring an end-of-days vibe altogether in keeping with the horror movie synths reverberating throughout. It’s a premise that GosT does well, but this record is most interesting at its extremes, where moments of unexpected accessibility or total mayhem cut throu...

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